JD Supra17h
The Board Must Provide Reasoned Explanation When Discarding Material, Unrebutted Evidence
Summary: The Board erred by failing to explain why it discarded material and unrebutted evidence that a reference constitutes prior art.
JD Supra1d
Federal Circuit Touches on Appellate Standing and Prior Art Determinations in the Context of Post-Grant Review Proceedings
In CQV Co. Ltd. v. Merck Patent GmbH, the Federal Circuit addressed (1) the interaction of indemnification agreements with Article III standing ...
Federal Circuit Revives Pigment Patent Challenge, Faults Board
The Federal Circuit reinstated a challenge of a Merck KGaA unit’s pigment patent by South Korea-based CQV Co. on Monday, ...
IPWatchdog9d
Federal Circuit Says Indemnity Agreement with Customer Satisfies Article III Standing
Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision vacating the Patent Trial and ...
Reuters1mon
Merck KGaA
Germany's Merck sells pigments unit to China's GNMI for $721 mln Germany's Merck KGaA agreed to sell its pigments unit to China's Global New Material International (GNMI) for 665 million euros ($ ...